Publikationen und Konferenzen (updated: 21.05.2025)
Wissenschaftliche Fachartikel
Maurer, N; Boyi, J O; Schick, L A; Nachtsheim, D A; Schaffeld, T; Gross, S; Teilmann, J; Schnitzler, J; u. a.: Unsealing behaviour: Variation in harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) responses to anthropogenic sound in relation to individual health. In: Marine pollution bulletin : the international journal for marine environ
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X25002528
Pigeault, R., Ruser, A., Ramírez-Martínez, N. C., Geelhoed, S. C. V., Haelters, J., Nachtsheim, D. A., Schaffeld, T., Sveegaard, S., Siebert, U., & Gilles, A. (2024). Maritime traffic alters distribution of the harbour porpoise in the North Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin : The International Journal for Marine Environmentalists, Scientists, Engineers, Administrators, Politicians and Lawyers. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116925
Kuncienė L, Nachtsheim D, Siebert U and Kleiva Ž (2024) Ontogeny of horizontal movement patterns of rehabilitated grey seal juveniles (Halichoerus grypus) in the Baltic Sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 11:1449023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1449023
Owen K, Gilles A, Authier M, Carlström J, Genu M, Kyhn LA, Nachtsheim DA, Ramírez-Martínez NC, Siebert U, Sköld M, Teilmann J, Unger B and Sveegaard S (2024) A negative trend in abundance and an exceeded mortality limit call for conservation action for the Vulnerable Belt Sea harbour porpoise population. Front. Mar. Sci. 11:1289808. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1289808
van Neer, A.; Nachtsheim, D.; Siebert, U.; Taupp, T. Movements and Spatial Usage of Harbour Seals in the Elbe Estuary in Germany. Scientific Reports (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33594-1
Nachtsheim, D. A.; Johnson, M.; Schaffeld, T.; van Neer, A.; Madsen, P. T.; Findlay, C. R.; Rojano-Doñate, L.; Teilmann, J.; Mikkelsen, L.; Baltzer, J.; Ruser, A.; Siebert, U.; Schnitzler, J. G. Vessel Noise Exposures of Harbour Seals from the Wadden Sea. Scientific reports (2023), 13 (1), 6187. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33283-z.
Siebert, U., Stürznickel, J., Schaffeld., T., Oheim, R., Rolvien, T., Prenger-Berninghoff, E., Wohlsein, P., Lakemeyer, J., Rohner, S., Schick, L.A., Gross, S., Nachtsheim, D., Ewers, C., Becher, P., Amling, M., Morell, M. (2022). Blast injury on harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the Baltic Sea after explosions of deposits of World War II ammunition. Environment International 159, 107014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.107014
Nachtsheim, D. A., Viquerat, S., Unger, B., Ramírez-Martínez, N. C., Siebert, U., & Gilles, A. (2021). Small cetacean in a human high-use area: Trends in harbour porpoise abundance in the North Sea over two decades. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 1135.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.606609
Schmidt, B.; Sonne, C.; Nachtsheim, D.; Wohlsein, P.; Persson, S.; Dietz, R.; Siebert, U. (2020) Liver histopathology of Baltic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) over three decades. In Environment International 145 (2020) 106110
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106110
Schmidt, B.; Sonne, C.; Nachtsheim, D.; Dietz, R.; Oheim, R.; Rolvien, T.; Persson, S.; Amling, M.; Siebert, U. Variation in skull bone mineral density of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) from the Gulf of Bothnia and West Greenland between 1829 and 2019
In: Environment International 143 (2020) 105968
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105968
Ropert-Coudert, Y., Van de Putte, A.P., Reisinger, R.R. et al. The retrospective analysis of Antarctic tracking data project. Sci Data 7, 94 (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0406-x
Hindell, Mark A.; Reisinger, Ryan R.; Ropert-Coudert, Yan; Hückstädt, Luis A.; Trathan, Philip N.; Bornemann, Horst; Charrassin, Jean-Benoît; Chown, Steven L.; Costa, Daniel P.; Danis, Bruno; Lea, Mary-Anne; Thompson, David; Torres, Leigh G.; Van de Putte, Anton P.; Alderman, Rachael; Andrews-Goff, Virginia; Arthur, Ben; Ballard, Grant; Bengtson, John; Bester, Marthán N.; Blix, Arnoldus Schytte; Boehme, Lars; Bost, Charles-André; Boveng, Peter; Cleeland, Jaimie; Constantine, Rochelle; Corney, Stuart; Crawford, Robert J. M.; Dalla Rosa, Luciano; de Bruyn, P. J. Nico; Delord, Karine; Descamps, Sébastien; Double, Mike; Emmerson, Louise; Fedak, Mike; Friedlaender, Ari; Gales, Nick; Goebel, Michael E.; Goetz, Kimberly T.; Guinet, Christophe; Goldsworthy, Simon D.; Harcourt, Rob; Hinke, Jefferson T.; Jerosch, Kerstin; Kato, Akiko; Kerry, Knowles R.; Kirkwood, Roger; Kooyman, Gerald L.; Kovacs, Kit M.; Lawton, Kieran; Lowther, Andrew D.; Lydersen, Christian; Lyver, Phil O’B.; Makhado, Azwianewi B.; Márquez, Maria E. I.; McDonald, Birgitte I.; McMahon, Clive R.; Muelbert, Monica; Nachtsheim, Dominik; Nicholls, Keith W.; Nordøy, Erling S.; Olmastroni, Silvia; Phillips, Richard A.; Pistorius, Pierre; Plötz, Joachim; Pütz, Klemens; Ratcliffe, Norman; Ryan, Peter G.; Santos, Mercedes; Southwell, Colin; Staniland, Iain; Takahashi, Akinori; Tarroux, Arnaud; Trivelpiece, Wayne; Wakefield, Ewan; Weimerskirch, Henri; Wienecke, Barbara; Xavier, José C.; Wotherspoon, Simon; Jonsen, Ian D.; Raymond, Ben: Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems
In, Nature (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2126-y
Nachtsheim, D. A.; Ryan, S.; Schroder, M.; Jensen, L.; Oosthuizen, W. C.; Bester, M. N.; Hagen, W.; Bornemann, H. (2019) Foraging behaviour of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in connection to oceanographic conditions in the southern Weddell Sea
In: Progress in Oceanography 173 (2019) 165–179
Jungblut S, Nachtsheim DA, Boos K, Joiris CR (2017) Biogeography of top predators – seabirds and cetaceans – along four latitudinal transects in the Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.04.005
Joiris CR, Boos K, D’Hert D, Nachtsheim DA (2016) Low density of top predators (seabirds and marine mammals) in the high Arctic pack ice. Scientifica. doi:10.1155/2016/1982534
Nachtsheim DA, Jerosch K, Hagen W, Plötz J, Bornemann H (2016) Habitat modelling of crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophaga) in the Weddell Sea using the multivariate approach Maxent. Polar Biology. doi:10.1007/s00300-016-2020-0
Nachtsheim DA, Joiris CR, D’Hert D (2015) A gravel covered iceberg provides an offshore breeding site for ivory gulls Pagophila eburnea off Northeast Greenland. Polar Biology. doi:10.1007/s00300-015-1824-7
Buchbeitrag
Heylen, B. C.; Nachtsheim, D.A.: Bio-telemetry as an Essential Tool in Movement Ecology and Marine Conservation In: Jungblut S.; Liebich V.; Bode M. Springer, Cham (Hrsg.): YOUMARES 8 – Oceans Across Boundaries: Learning from each other.
-: Springer, 2018, S. 83-107
ISBN 978-3-319-93283-5
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-93284-2_7
Heylen, B. C., Nachtsheim, D.A. Bio-telemetry as an Essential Tool in Movement Ecology and Marine Conservation. Beitrag in YOUMARES 8 – Oceans Across Boundaries: Learning from each other, S. 83-107, Springer
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-93284-2
Sonstige wissenschaftliche Berichte
Unger B., Baltzer J., Brackmann J., Brasseur S., Brügmann M., Diederichs B., Galatius A., Geelhoed S.C.V , Huus Petersen H., IJsseldijk L.L., Jensen T. K., Jess A., Nachtsheim D., Philipp C., Scheidat M., Schop J., Siebert U., Teilmann J., Thøstesen C.B., van Neer A. (2022): Marine mammals. In: Wadden Sea Quality Status Report. Eds.: Kloepper S. et al., Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Link: qsr.waddensea-worldheritage.org/reports/marine-mammal
Unger, B., Nachtsheim, D., Ramírez Martínez, N., Siebert, U., Sveegaard, S., Kyhn, L., Balle, J. D., Teilmann, J., Carlström, J., Owen, K. and Gilles, A. (2021) MiniSCANS-II: Aerial survey for harbour porpoises in the western Baltic Sea, Belt Sea, the Sound and Kattegat in 2020 : Joint survey by Denmark, Germany and Sweden. Final report to Danish Environmental Protection Agency, German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation and Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management: 28. https://www.tiho-hannover.de/itaw/forschung/projekte-aquatisch/abgeschlossene-projekte/2015-bis-2020/miniscans-ii-flugzeuggestuetze-erfassung-von-schweinswalen-in-der-westlichen-ostsee-der-beltsee-dem-oeresund-und-kattegat-in-2020.
Bornemann H, Held C, Nachtsheim D, Owsianowski N, Richter C, Steinmetz R (2016) Seal research at the Drescher Inlet (SEADI). In: Schröder M (ed.) The Expedition PS96 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the southern Weddell Sea in 2015/2016. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on polar and marine research, Bremerhaven, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, 700, pp 116-129
Jamar de Bolsée O, Nachtsheim D, Joiris CR (2015) Distribution of seabirds and marine mammals. In: Stein R (ed.) The Expedition PS87 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Arctic Ocean in 2014. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on polar and marine research, Bremerhaven, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, 688, pp 31-36
Jungblut S, Nachtsheim D, Joiris CR (2014) At-sea distribution of seabirds and marine mammals. In: Deneke H (ed.) The Expedition PS83 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Atlantic Ocean in 2014. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on polar and marine research, Bremerhaven, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, 683, pp 55-61
Medienberichte
LNG und Schweinswale, IQ - Das Magazin, Radio Bayern 2, 20.05.2022,
URL:https://www.br.de/mediathek/podcast/iq-magazin/affenpocken-in-deutschland-forschungskooperation-mit-china-lng-und-schweinswale-schutzfolie-aus-trester/1856534
Dominik Nachtsheim und die Walflieger von Büsum, Podcast “Das Ozean-Projekt”, Spotify, 05.05.2022,
URL: https://open.spotify.com/episode/19qh3chyatxKhXcH0UT2ac?si=c9ebc63113c34535
Neue Erkenntnisse über Robben am ITAW, Dithmarscher Landeszeitung, 16.02.2021,
URL: https://www.boyens-medien.de/artikel/lokales/neue-erkenntnisse-ueber-robben-am-itaw-370701.html
Immer weniger Schweinswale in der Nordsee - Studie zeigt starken Rückgang, Tagesschau, 07.01.2021,
URL: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/schweinswale-nordsee-101.html
Harbor porpoises on the decline in the German North Sea, Frontiers Science News, 07.01.2021,
URL: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2021/01/07/frontiers-marine-science-population-census-harbor-porpoises-phocoena-north-sea-germany-decline/
Weniger Schweinswale in der deutschen Nordsee!, Press release of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, 08.01.2021,
URL: https://www.tiho-hannover.de/aktuelles-presse/aktuelle-meldungen/aktuelle-meldungen/article/weniger-schweinswale-in-der-de/
Forscher zählen Schweinswale – ITAW verfolgt Bestand in der inneren Ostsee mit großer Sorge, Dithmarscher Landeszeitung, 27.07.2020.
URL: https://www.boyens-medien.de/artikel/lokales/schweinswal-art-vom-aussterben-bedroht-345190.html
Wie viele Schweinswale leben in der westlichen Ostsee? Internationales Forscherteam zählt Tiere aus der Luft, Press release of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, 21.07.2020.
URL: https://www.tiho-hannover.de/aktuelles-presse/aktuelle-meldungen/aktuelle-meldungen/article/wie-viele-schweinswale-leben-i-1/
Better understanding of Weddell seals’ diving, Argos News, 06.12.2019.
URL: http://www.argos-system.org/weddell-seals-diving/
Ivory Gulls Made an Iceberg Their Home, GlacierHub, 17.05.2016.
URL: http://glacierhub.org/2016/05/17/ivory-gulls-made-an-iceberg-their-home/
Life under the ice shelf, SCAR AnT-ERA webpage, 26.02.2016.
URL: http://www.scar.org/srp/ant-era#Drescher216
Fotografierende Robben in der Antarktis: Sonderbare Lebensform, bitte lächeln!, SpiegelOnline, 11.02.2016.
URL: http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/antarktis-forscher-lassen-robben-mit-kameras-tauchen-a-1076728.html
Einmal Nordpol und zurück – Mit dem Forschungsschiff “Polarstern” in die Arktis, Siegener Zeitung, 27.12.2014.
Vorträge
De Rubio, C; Aguilar Soto, N; Nachtsheim, D. A.; Schnitzler, J. G.; Arranz, P; Johnson, M P; Marín, O, 2025. Exposure of short-finned pilot whales ( Globicephala macrorhynchus) to high-amplitude vessel noise in the Teno-Rasca Special Area of Conservation (Canary Islands, Spain). 36th European Cetacean Society Conference 14-16 May 2025, Ponta Delgada, Azores/Portugal. book of abstracts, p 134
Nachtsheim, D., Ramirez Martinez, N., Escobar Calderon, F., Siebert, U., Gilles, A. (2025). Comparative analysis of harbour porpoise density from parallel observer-based and digital aerial surveys: challenges and opportunities. Talk. In: 36th European Cetacean Society Conference 14-16 May 2025, Ponta Delgada, Azores/Portugal, book of abstracts, p 80. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PB3n3MIQgP-2IL30YG0U3v_pBruXvrsS?usp=drive_link
Pigeault, R., Ruser, A., Ramírez-Martínez, N. C., Geelhoed, S. C., Haelters, J., Nachtsheim, D. A., Schaffeld, T., Sveegaard, S., Siebert, U., Gilles, A. (2024). Maritime traffic alters distribution of the harbour porpoise in the North Sea. Talk. 25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 11-15 Nov 2024, Perth, Western Australia.
Nachtsheim DA, Viquerat S, Ramírez-Martínez NC, Unger B, Siebert U, Gilles A. Bayesian trend analyses reveal a decline in harbour porpoise abundance in the North Sea over two decades. Speed Talk. 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, West Palm Beach, August 2022
Nachtsheim, D.; Schaffeld, T.; vanNeer, A.; Johnson, M.; Mikkelsen, L.;Teilmann, J.; Vance, H.; Madsen, P.T.; Ruser, A.; Siebert, U. Behavioural responses of harbour seals to vessel noise in the North Sea. Oral presentation, abstract book p. 502, World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 9th – 12th of December 2019
Nachtsheim D, Schaffeld T, van Neer A, Johnson M, Mikkelsen L, Teilmann J, Vance H, Madsen PT, Ruser A, Siebert U. Behavioural responses of harbour seals to vessel noise in the North Sea. Speed Talk. The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, Den Haag, July 2019.
Nachtsheim D. Auswirkungen von Schiffslärm auf marine Säugetiere. Meeresumwelt-Symposium, Hamburg, June 2019
Bornemann H, Nachtsheim DA, Owsianowski N, Steinmetz R, Richter C, Held C. Weddell seals and shelf ice-associated cryobenthos, The Ninth Symposium on Polar Science, December 2018.
Nachtsheim DA, Held C, Owsianowski N, Plötz J, Steinmetz R, Naito Y, Bornemann H. Under-shelf ice foraging of Weddell seals. YOUMARES 8, Kiel, Germany, September 2017.
Owsianowski N, Nachtsheim DA, Held C, Richter C, Steinmetz R, Bornemann H. Under-shelf ice sampling of ice-associated crustaceans. S. 383, XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, July 2017.
Held C, Nachtsheim DA, Owsianowski N, Richter C, Steinmetz R, Bornemann H. Filter-feeding isopods (Antarcturus cf. spinacoronatus) conquer a major new habitat on the underside of the Antarctic shelf ice. S. 53, XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, July 2017.
Nachtsheim DA, Ryan S, Schröder M, Jensen L, Oosthuizen WC, Bester M, Bornemann H. Foraging hotspots of Weddell seals in the southern Weddell Sea. YOUMARES 7, Hamburg, Germany, September 2016.
Nachtsheim DA, Ryan S, Schröder M, Jensen L, Oosthuizen WC, Bester M, Bornemann H. Winter foraging hotspots and habitat use of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) at the Filchner Outflow System, southern Weddell Sea. XXXIV SCAR Biennial Meetings & 2016 Open Science Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2016.
Poster
Maurer, N; Nachtsheim, D. A.; Schaffeld, T; Siebert, U; Schnitzler, J, 2025. Offshore wind farm use of harbour seals from the Wadden Sea. 36th European Cetacean Society Conference 14-16 May 2025, Ponta Delgada, Azores/Portugal.
Hansen, R.G., Sveegaard, S., Teilmann, J., Kyhn, L., Gilles, A., Ramirez-Martinez, N., Nachtsheim, D.A. (2025). Trends in harbour porpoise abundance from aerial survey monitoring in the North Sea (2011–2023). In: 36th European Cetacean Society Conference 14-16 May 2025, Ponta Delgada, Azores/Portugal, book of abstracts, p 310. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PB3n3MIQgP-2IL30YG0U3v_pBruXvrsS?usp=drive_link
Escobar Calderon, J.F., Nachtsheim, D., Ramirez Martinez, N.C., Authier, M., Gilles, A. (2025).Difference on the detection process and probabilities between digital and visual aerial survey methods for monitoring cetaceans populations. In: 36th European Cetacean Society Conference 14-16 May 2025, Ponta Delgada, Azores/Portugal, book of abstracts, p 410. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PB3n3MIQgP-2IL30YG0U3v_pBruXvrsS?usp=drive_link
Mark Johnson, July Campagna, Mathilde Chevallay, Pauline Goulet, Christophe Guinet, Dominik Nachtsheim, Laia Rojano-Doñate, Joseph Schnitzler, Peter Teglberg Madsen, Jonas Teilmann, Jakob Tougaard, Heather Vance. What do predator movements tell us about prey distribution? The 8th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium, Tokyo, March 2024
Nina Maurer, Joy O. Boyi, Luca Schick, Dominik Nachtsheim, Tobias Schaffeld, Ursula Siebert, Joseph Schnitzler. Relationship between health status and animal behavioural changes in tagged harbour seals. The 8th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium, Tokyo, March 2024
Dominik Nachtsheim, Mark Johnson, Charlotte Findlay, Peter Teglberg Madsen, Nina Maurer, Laia Rojano-Doñate, Tobias Schaffeld, Ursula Siebert, Jonas Teilmann, Jakob Tougaard, Joseph Schnitzler. Frequent vessel noise exposures of harbour seals in the North Sea may reduce foraging opportunities. The 8th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium, Tokyo, March 2024.
Schmidt, B., Sonne, C., Dietz, R., Oheim, R., Rolvien, T., Nachtsheim, D., Persson, S., Ameling, M., Siebert, U., 2019.Variation in ringed seal (Pusa hispida) bone mineral density from 1897-2018. In: Poster, abstract book
Nachtsheim D, Schaffeld T, van Neer A, Johnson M, Mikkelsen L, Teilmann J, Vance H, Madsen PT, Ruser A, Siebert U. Behavioural responses of harbour seals to vessel noise in the North Sea. Poster. The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, Den Haag, July 2019.
Bornemann H, Held C, …, Nachtsheim DA, … Wesche C. Shelf ice-associated cryo-benthos and environmental features. POLAR 2018, Davos, Switzerland, June 2018.
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Jungblut S, Nachtsheim DA, Boos K, Joiris CR. Hydrography-driven distribution of seabirds and cetaceans in the temperate and tropical Atlantic Ocean. YOUMARES 8, Kiel, Germany, September 2017.
Nachtsheim DA, Held C, Owsianowski N, Plötz J, Steinmetz R, Naito Y, Bornemann H. Under-shelf ice foraging of Weddell seals. S. 293, XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, July 2017.
Jungblut S, Nachtsheim DA, Boos K, Joiris CR. Biogeography of top predators along latitudinal transects in the temperate and tropical Atlantic Ocean. 51st European Marine Biology Symposium, Rhodes, Greece, September 2016.
